Even as the third season has only cast three or so of its major players, any hope of True Detective filming and premiering its next chapter within 2018 appears to be lost. According to The Playlist, HBO boss Casey Bloys was asked whether or not True Detective Season 3 would premiere this year, to which the network boss gave a flat “No, 2019.” If one presumes Game of Thrones to premiere first in 2019, True Detective might be relegated to spring at the earliest.